Quips & Quotes
“What are he and his near-unanimous customers afraid of? That a few straights will pollute their bar? It’s not a temple with secret passwords.”
– Salt Lake City resident Matthew Rush questioning Trapp owner Joe Redburn’s decision to keep the gay club members-only in a letter to the Salt Lake Tribune.
“When you look at all the cases of child abuse in our state,” explained Sen. Ty Tass, the bill’s primary sponsor, “it is clear that heterosexuals have a pretty poor track record.” He cited recent instances of a 19-year-old Orem man who was arrested in connection with the sexual abuse of the 4-year-old daughter of the woman with whom he had been living, the alleged rape of a male student by two of his female teachers, both mothers, and a former corrections officer. “It’s in the best interests of the children,” Tass asserted.”
– April Fool’s day post by “Dana” at the blog Mombian: Sustenance for Lesbian Moms, reporting that Utah will place all children with gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender parents
“John had never in his life thought it possible to marry the man he loved, but I always thought I would. … Under a trellis of scarlet bougainvillea, we locked hands and declared our love would forever be real.”
– Salt Lake City resident Geoffrey Clark writing about his September 2008 marriage to John Clapp in the Salt Lake Tribune.
“Anyway, bravo, Iowa. You deserve a musical of your own, now.”
– City Weekly blogger Brandon Burt congratulating Iowa’s Supreme Court for overturning the state’s gay marriage ban on April 3.
“The impact of this decision coming from Iowa is going to be big mainly because of stereotypes about the Midwest. Iowa tends to be more socially liberal than you might imagine – like other upper midwestern [sic] states, it has a long tradition of Progressivism. Iowans, like all Americans, are basically fair-minded. I think the impact of the decision on Iowa politics is probably going to be smaller than most people think, but it’s going to be big nationally.”
– Utah blogger Glenden Brown writing about the Iowa marriage ruling at oneutah.org.